2009年5月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Supreme Court prospects may trip over own words (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 03:46 PM PDT

FILE - This June 2008 photo provided by the University of Chicago shows Judge Diane Pamela Wood of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (AP Photo/University of Chicago, Lloyd DeGrane, File)AP - The path to the Supreme Court is littered with obstacles that can trip up even the most politically nimble nominee. Some of President Barack Obama's possible picks may stumble on their own words.

Analysis: Obama debating Cheney is a plus for GOP (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:11 PM PDT

FILE -- In May 21, 2009 file photos President Barack Obama, left, delivers an address on national security, terrorism, and the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison, Thursday, May 21, 2009, at the National Archives in Washington. Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009. The speeches conveying two radically different views of America's fight against terrorism and the nation's values unfolded in separate halls, minutes apart. (AP Photos/FILE)AP - In political debate, the side that keeps its arguments simple and repeats them again and again is likely to gain the advantage. It is an easier sale, especially when the topic is as scary as terrorism.

Analysis: Obama, brass buy time on military gays (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Hundreds of US flags are planted on the National Mall in Washington DC as part of a campaign for equal rights for gays and lesbians in the US military in 2007. A majority of Americans want the military to drop its 16-year-old AP - If President Barack Obama's campaign promises made military leaders jittery, his five months on the job have calmed their nerves.

Obama signs law curbing surprise credit card fees (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2009, prior to signing the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama warned overeager shoppers and greedy credit card companies alike on Friday to act responsibly as he signed into law a bill designed to protect debt-ridden consumers from surprise charges.

Chicago, waiting for Obama (Politico)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:31 PM PDT

Politico - It was hard to leave. He teared up. He promised to return at least every couple of months. He left his car parked in the driveway. But he was moving on to bigger things.

US asks Cuba to resume talks on legal immigration (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 04:17 PM PDT

AP - In a new overture to Cuba, the Obama administration asked the island's communist government on Friday to resume talks on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States suspended by former President George W. Bush.

US moving closer to swine flu vaccine (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 03:15 PM PDT

In this photo taken April 27, 2009, Victor Calderon, General Director of Granjas Carroll de Mexico, stands next to pigs at one of the company's farms on the outskirts of Xicaltepec in Mexico's Veracruz state. Scientists are returning to La Gloria, a pig-farming village in the Veracruz mountains where Mexico's earliest confirmed case of swine flu was identified. They hope to learn where the epidemic began by taking fresh blood samples from villagers and pigs, and looking for antibodies that could suggest exposure to previous swine flu infections. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one.

Some possible nominees had easy Senate path before (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:58 PM PDT

AP - Some of the people President Barack Obama is considering for the Supreme Court got significant support from Republicans when they were last before the Senate seeking jobs in the judiciary or executive branches of government.

Govt: Guns barred from national parks until Feb. (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:49 PM PDT

AP - Not so fast, gun owners. A new law allowing loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges will not take effect until next year, the Obama administration said Friday.

Cigarette makers lose appeal in landmark case (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:04 PM PDT

A woman smokes a cigarette outside of an office in central London May 6, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleAP - A federal appeals court on Friday agreed with the major elements of a 2006 landmark ruling that found the nation's top tobacco companies guilty of racketeering and fraud for deceiving the public about the dangers of smoking.

Obama vows not to send people to war without cause (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 06:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama returns a salute as he arrives at the United States Naval Academy graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama promised graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday that, as their commander in chief, he will only send them "into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary." In his first address to military graduates, Obama also pledged to invest in the men and women who defend America's liberty, not just in the weapons they would take with them into battle against 21st century threats.

Lawmakers want Obama to slow down on GM, Chrysler (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 03:51 PM PDT

AP - Lawmakers appealed to the Obama administration on Friday to slow down the restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler, wary of shuttered car dealerships, job losses and the big unknown of a GM bankruptcy.

Obama signs sweeping credit card reform bill (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2009 03:04 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday sweeping reforms that restrict credit card interest rates and fees, marking a victory for Democrats trying to help recession-weary consumers and a setback for banks seeking to retain sorely-needed revenues.

The GOP's new tool: Huffington Post (Politico)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:43 PM PDT

Politico - When Tom Coburn wanted to pitch his criticism of the Democrats’ health care plan last month, the senator’s office considered sympathetic media outlets like The Wall Street Journal and the conservative blog RedState.

Two Bush-era officials reject Cheney's security stance (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:12 PM PDT

Two top Bush-era officials, inclusing Defense Secretary Robert Gates seen here, on Friday rejected ex-vice president Dick Cheney's scathing criticism of US President Barack Obama, saying the country's national security was not in jeopardy.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Two top Bush-era officials on Friday rejected ex-vice president Dick Cheney's scathing criticism of US President Barack Obama, saying the country's national security was not in jeopardy.

Indian PM Singh sworn in for second term (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 11:53 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) greets Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi (R) after taking an oath of office at a swearing in ceremony at The Presidential Palace in New Delhi. Singh was sworn in for a second term on Friday, amid a row between his Congress party and a key ally over cabinet posts following their resounding election triumph.(AFP/Raveendran)AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sworn in for a second term on Friday, amid a row between his Congress party and a key ally over cabinet posts following their resounding election triumph.

California to issue gay marriage ruling on May 26 (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 11:40 AM PDT

A wedding cake featuring two grooms and two brides, symbolizing gay marriage. California's Supreme Court will issue its long-awaited ruling on a bid to overturn a ban on gay marriage next week, the court said in a statement Friday.(AFP/File/Hector Mata)AFP - California's Supreme Court will issue its long-awaited ruling on a bid to overturn a ban on gay marriage next week, the court said in a statement Friday.

Obama's brash chief of staff reflective with grads (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 11:37 AM PDT

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, a 1981 graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, receives the honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from John Hill, chair, board of trustees at Sarah Lawrence College, before he addressed the class of 2009 during the school's commencement ceremony on the Bronxville, N.Y. campus Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - Hard-charging White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel paused for a reflective address at his alma mater Friday, describing the humiliation of being demoted by then-President Bill Clinton and the brutal illness he survived as a teenager.

Mitt preps for 2012 with Virginia tour (Politico)

Posted: 22 May 2009 11:25 AM PDT

Politico - In another sign that he’s eying a second run for the presidency, Mitt Romney is planning a series of stops in Virginia next week to help Republican candidates running in the commonwealth’s off-year election.

Naval graduates include Sen. McCain's son, Jack (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 11:11 AM PDT

President Barack Obama congratulates Jack McCain, son of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as he graduates at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Far from the madding crowds of last year's campaign trail, Barack Obama quietly greeted the newly graduated midshipman and son of the man he defeated for the presidency.

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